There is enough irony here for a reasonably good two-act play. State universities (notoriously left-leaning?) “augment” the system of salaried/tenured/benefited employees with a batch of one-year-contract (expendable) employees. These new hires are willing to take …
Hello dear readers, we come to you today with a request. With the departure of one Mark Sieckman to the promised land of Northern Kentucky, we are currently operating without a music editor. After a …
As if it weren’t poetic enough… now this.
She got it but decided it wasn’t for her…I kept going. Smile Politely writer Jason Brechin explaining to the News Gazette how he became involved in C-U’s local knitting community. Click here to read the …
For being situated in the city that developed the first truly usable web browser, the fact that the News-Gazette website has remained in the state its in for so long is simply… We’ll look forward …
http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/012810aac.html FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Jan. 29, 2010 Coaches vs. Cancer Suits & Sneakers Awareness Weekend Coaches wearing Nikes Saturday; Illini to wear uniforms trimmed in pink Champaign, Ill.–Illinois Head Coach Bruce Weber and his assistants …
Today Boing Boing briefly talked up U of I biologist Alex Wild’s photography of bugs (like the above shot of a Carpenter Ant). In light of the upcoming Insect Fear Film Fest, check out his …
As if your Saturday night local music cup hadn’t already runneth over…: 217Mafia and The UC Hip-Hop Congress are at it again. This time bringing you the best music the best hip hop music the …
Lend a hand to those in need in Haiti tonight, and do it while enjoying some of the best parts of downtown Champaign, all at once. Jacob Daugherty, the general manager and handsome face of …
After a “raging” amount of tickets were sold to their show on Saturday, Elsinore has decided to move their EP release show to The Highdive, down the block from Cowboy Monkey. For some seemingly arbitrary …
The rapid-fire exhibition of art, design, and general creativity, Pecha Kucha (usually pronounced ‘pe-chak-cha’ or something like that) is back in C-U. Saturday, Jan. 30 at the Canopy Club from 8:20pm to 11pm. Originally created …
From the SID: ESPN College GameDay Driven by State Farm To Rally Fighting Illiniand Michigan State Fans for Feb. 6 Hoops Matchup Live GameDay show with Rece Davis to raise funds for Illini’s Orange Krush …
Telling is one thing. That’s what we do when we tell stories. But coming to know by experience and telling about it is another. Allison Hedge Coke in Rock, Ghost, Willow, Deer shows us ‘knowing’ …
From Guardian UK: One-quarter of all the maize and other grain crops grown in the US now ends up as biofuel in cars rather than being used to feed people, according to new analysis which …
The Champaign City Council will hold a public study session at 7:00pm tonight to decide the fate of the UC2B municipal broadband proposal. A ‘yay’ vote tonight will mean that next week the council can …
I couldn’t make this one up… “We’re thrilled to announce that planning is underway to welcome Karl Rove at this year’s Champaign County Republican’s Lincoln Day Celebration.” http://www.champaigncountyrepublicans.org/?p=342 Worst. Announcement. Ever.
If you’re ever going to RIF, next year will be the time to RIF Unit 4 Chief Financial Officer Gene Logas explaining the overall message sent to him by state legislatures attending a Regional Office …
The media embargo didn’t last. This afternoon at Ubben, the players were made available to preview Wednesday’s Penn State game. But no one asked about that. There was newsier news. The Illini had Sunday off, …
Prop 8 supporters brought suit against Courage Campaign’s parody logo, which the organization is using to track trial coverage. From Courage legal: “While our client does appreciate the irony of the suggestion in your letter …
An 80 percent poverty rate is so not my style. Nothing against it — I’m just saying: Not how I roll. — Lily Coyle’s letter to the editor in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune is priceless.
From the Big Ten Network: New ‘Journey’ Episode Debuts Sunday Big Ten basketball fans won’t want to miss another new episode of The Journey: Big Ten Basketball 2010, which debuts on the BTN at 3:30 …
Rebecca Nagle is performing her one-woman show “A Dozen Things I Want to Do On Stage” tonight at the U-C Independent Media Center at 8 p.m. There’s a sliding admission scale of $6 to $12 …
In training for next month’s Fight For Air Climb at the 30-story Springfield Hilton, I contacted several of the towers in town to see if the management would let me train. I was told, “No, …
Click the images below to embiggen. Want to print it out? Download the pdf here. Or check it out in monthly view here. The Orpheum folks wanted to emphasize: “our DIY days (which are Saturdays …
From a massmail sent by Easter to all UIUC students early this morning: Dear Students: As we approach the spring semester I write to inform you of the current financial situation at the University of …
Originally posted on the UC-IMC site. On Tuesday morning, Jan. 19, Champaign-Urbana Citizens for Peace and Justice delivered an online petition with 377 signatures to State’s Attorney Julia Rietz asking her to drop the charges …
Saturday 1/16/10 – Cincinnati We played at Rohs Street Café. It’s a great coffee shop with a huge stage that connects to a cathedral style church. From the clientele and the American Apparel across the …
Wednesday 1/13/10 – Chicago It’s the first day of the World’s First World’s First Flying Machine tour! I, admittedly, only had to take a 10 minute bus ride to Quenchers Saloon, but the rest of …
http://www.youtube.com/user/nitramzero#grid/user/63504C03C5F3F47D Nineteen videos covering most of the night. Lonely Trailer – The Ventures Ryan Groff – Buddy Holly Kosmo & Jesse Greenlee – Travis Barker & DJ AM Brother Embassy – David Lee Roth Curb …
An anonymous Illinois teacher has recently started blogging at http://fedupwithschoollunch.blogspot.com about the grotesque lunches served to her school’s students. Her plan is to eat the same lunches offered to her students every day in 2010. …
The local chapter of Ambucs (“a non-profit service organization consisting of a diverse group of men and women who are dedicated to creating mobility and independence for people with disabilities”) is putting on a Barstool …
…according to Crain’s Chicago Business. Here’s some great paragraphs: While Illinois doesn’t have the option of shutting its doors or shedding debts in a bankruptcy reorganization, it seems powerless to avert the practical equivalent. Despite …
If you’ve ever been to downtown Champaign — and you have — you will likely get a kick out of watching this video. Very well done boys!
If I didn’t know any better, I’d say he probably regrets saying this: Sweet Jesus. Oh, and if you’re interested in donating any of your hard earned dollars to those currently suffering as a result …
Hometown hero Roger Ebert provides a history lesson on the evolution of prudence and promiscuity in Chambana and elsewhere. http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2010/01/making_out_is_its_own_reward.html
You are invited to take part in this special volunteer opportunity on Monday January 18th from 1-3pm. Families, organizations, groups and individuals are welcome. Don’t miss this unique chance to spend time with your friends, …
He was a perfectly packaged, tearfully repentant sinner repeating his well-rehearsed talking points in a series of handpicked, cathartic media interviews where he masterfully repeated his message. Bryan Burwell Click here for the take on …
“I’m blacker than Barack Obama. I shined shoes, I grew up in a five-room apartment. My father had a little laundromat in the black community not far from where we lived. I saw it all …
If you missed this one during its too-short residence in first-run theaters, check it out at the Virginia for cheap this week.
I have this piece of interview with Dominique from last semester. It never quite fit in any stories, but it sure is interesting anyway. I’m sorry that most of you don’t have the chance to …
Re-posting from the UC-IMC site: CU Citizens for Peace and Justice is launching a petition drive to demand that State’s Attorney Julia Rietz drop all charges against Jeshaun Manning-Carter. The best friend of Kiwane Carrington, …
Hey Champaign-Urbana, do you like comedian Paul F. Tompkins, former host of Best Week Ever and purveyor of a new album, Freak Wharf? Well of course you do, that’s like saying you like sunlight. But …
Only in Illinois, people. Only in Illinois. When you have that many corn cobs sitting on top of each other, a little bit of moisture combined with the corn cob’s chemistry can cause a fire. …
Here’s the text of an email sent this morning: —–Original Message—–From: President Stanley Ikenberry [mailto:stanikenberry@uillinois.edu] Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 8:05 AMTo: All Faculty & All Academic Professionals & All Civil Service StaffSubject: Short-term measures …
They’re traveling from Los Angeles to Detroit, and they’ll be stopping in Champaign tonight. The Tesla roadster is scheduled to be in town and charging at 3-5 PM at 159 Everitt Lab (just east of …
(Urbana, Illinois) December 31, 2009: The Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center (IMC) is proud to announce that it will host the second annual IMC Film Festival during February 5, 6, and 7, 2010, and is now …
At 8:15 p.m. (!) near Sixth and Green (!). This is the sixth robbery reported near Campustown since mid-December. Here’s the text from a UIUC Division of Public Safety Crime Alert #40, available at http://illinois.edu/lb/article/2668/33471): …
Alex Legion’s departure is just the latest unusual aspect of an overall weird time for Illini basketball. The team has four losses entering the Big Ten season, one of the players just left, and yet …
OHTIS member Adam Pressley recently released a mix of mashups he made in the month of December. Dude wishes he was Hood Internet. Peep dem shits. <img src=”http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/adamp3/DeUBqWdMjSmVyZh1vKZLtMGTak2wvFgrB2RW9knIrF1CTkSBHitalqNsKvpL/cover.jpg“> http://blonoshows.com/adamp3/adamp3-december_mashups.rar also, there’s this if ya need …
